WoRMS taxon details
Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884
129719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129719)
accepted
Genus
Trochochaeta sarsi Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (type by monotypy)
Disoma Örsted, 1844 · unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by...)
junior homonym, replaced by Trochochaeta Levinsen
Disomides Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name)
Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Trochochaeta ankeae Bochert & Zettler, 2013
- Species Trochochaeta carica (Birula, 1897)
- Species Trochochaeta cirrifera (Hartman, 1976)
- Species Trochochaeta diverapoda (Hoagland, 1920)
- Species Trochochaeta franciscana (Hartman, 1947)
- Species Trochochaeta japonica Imajima, 1989
- Species Trochochaeta kirkegaardi Pettibone, 1976
- Species Trochochaeta mexicana Hernández-Alcántara & Solis-Weiss, 2011
- Species Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844)
- Species Trochochaeta orissae (Fauvel, 1932)
- Species Trochochaeta pettiboneae Dean, 1987
- Species Trochochaeta watsoni (Fauvel, 1916)
- Species Trochochaeta multisetorum [auct. misspelling for 'multisetosa'] accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (subsequent author misspelling)
- Species Trochochaeta multisetosum (Örsted, 1844) accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (incorrect subsequent spelling for gender agreement)
- Species Trochochaeta sarsi Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Trochochaeta multisetosa (Örsted, 1844) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 92-350, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 129; note: for T. sarsi, a posterior fragment he assigned to Amphinomidae [details]
page(s): 129; note: for T. sarsi, a posterior fragment he assigned to Amphinomidae [details]
Etymology Not stated but assumed (Pettibone, 1963:309) to be for the stellate or wheel-like appearance of the groups of posterior...
Etymology Not stated but assumed (Pettibone, 1963:309) to be for the stellate or wheel-like appearance of the groups of posterior notochaeta when extended. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129719 on 2024-03-28
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original description
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 92-350, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 129; note: for T. sarsi, a posterior fragment he assigned to Amphinomidae [details]
original description (of Disoma Örsted, 1844) Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1844). Zur Classification der Annulaten, mit Beschreibung einiger neuer oder unzulänglich bekannter Gattungen und Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 99-112, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704002
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884) Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 737 [details]
original description (of Disomides Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 370 [details]
taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 309 [details]
taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Contribution to the polychaete family Trochochaetidae Pettibone. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 230: 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.230 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Bochert, Ralf; Zettler, Michael L. 2013. A record of the genus Trochochaeta (Polychaeta) in the southern hemisphere with description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(04): 967-972 [details]
identification resource Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Peixoto, Antonio J. M. (2018). First record of Trochochaeta japonica (Annelida: Spionidae) in Brazil with identification key to species of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4462(4): 566–578., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4462.4.8
page(s): 575; note: includes key to species and commentary on taxonomy [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 129; note: for T. sarsi, a posterior fragment he assigned to Amphinomidae [details]
original description (of Disoma Örsted, 1844) Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1844). Zur Classification der Annulaten, mit Beschreibung einiger neuer oder unzulänglich bekannter Gattungen und Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 99-112, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704002
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884) Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 737 [details]
original description (of Disomides Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 370 [details]
taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 309 [details]
taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Contribution to the polychaete family Trochochaetidae Pettibone. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 230: 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.230 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Bochert, Ralf; Zettler, Michael L. 2013. A record of the genus Trochochaeta (Polychaeta) in the southern hemisphere with description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(04): 967-972 [details]
identification resource Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Peixoto, Antonio J. M. (2018). First record of Trochochaeta japonica (Annelida: Spionidae) in Brazil with identification key to species of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4462(4): 566–578., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4462.4.8
page(s): 575; note: includes key to species and commentary on taxonomy [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated but assumed (Pettibone, 1963:309) to be for the stellate or wheel-like appearance of the groups of posterior notochaeta when extended. [details]Grammatical gender Pettibone (1963, 1976) does not state the genus gender as she usually did. It is feminine (chaeta is transliterated from a Greek feminine noun) [details]